Wise County’s Starlink Satellite Project Example Of What Can Be Accomplished

Wise County’s cooperative deal with Elon Musk’s Starlink Internet Service is solving the problem of broadband access in one of the most rural areas in the Commonwealth. The so far successful endeavor is also gaining attention from other rural regions of the state. An article in the Kenbridge Victoria Dispatch congratulates Wise County leaders who saw the opportunity and raised their hands to volunteer to test the service that is now providing the same internet services as those where broadband access is plentiful. Lunenburg County in Southcentral Virginia and its leaders need to take a look at the results of Wise County and take similar actions the article goes on to say. Wise County provided grants to families with no opportunity for broadband service to get them started with the satellite dishes to receive Starlink Serivce, which is provided by Elon Musk’s Falcone Nine Rocket that transports the satellites into out space.